Chapter 868: Retirement (13400 Supplement)

Taishang Dao Academy.

Taichong entered, floating in wearing a pure purple robe; those who encountered him knew they had met a Noble and retreated to offer salutations.

The Great Liang has regulations: First Rank officials wear pure purple, Third Rank officials wear pure blue, Fifth Rank officials wear bright yellow, Seventh Rank wear bright red, and Ninth Rank wear white-red.

Seeing that he was only middle-aged yet had already attained the position of a First Rank official, he was absolutely enjoying a prosperous official career and was held in high regard by the Emperor.

Boom—!

In a plaza, a sound of Thunder suddenly arrived, giving people a start.

But Taichong did not take it to heart.

This is the Seal of His Majesty the Emperor!

Few people know that this Daoist temple was where the former Chancellor Xulingzi lived in seclusion, and the plaque was bestowed by the Emperor, written personally by the current Liang Emperor!

Taiyin stepped forward to knock on the door.

From inside the door, Aaron's voice came out, carrying a trace of Weakness.

Taichong and Taihe pushed the door and entered; Taiyin had sharp eyes and saw that the white silk handkerchief embroidered with gold in Aaron's hand was strikingly stained with a smear of blood.

Gazing at this scene, her pupils constricted slightly, and she thought of the past.

Now that she held a high and powerful position, many documents were available for her to read.

He smiled, let Xiao Zi bring over a pillow, leaned back against it himself, and looked at his three students: "What a fine day it is today, that you have all gathered here together."

After a long while, someone finally opened the door; it was a woman who looked to be about the same age as Taiyin.

Coupled with the recent Imperial decree discussing the rankings of the Merit Pavilion, which surprisingly did not include Xulingzi, this was already a very dangerous signal!

The three of them got off the carriage at the edge of the Meihua Forest and walked up the stone steps along the small path, arriving before the Daoist temple.

Among the three, even Taiyin, who held the lowest official rank, was entangled in many affairs and had gradually come less often recently.

Ever since Aaron resigned even from the position of Dean of the Taishang Tao Academy five years ago, Taoist Taihe had succeeded to this position.

"This is all the teacher's credit; I am merely repeating the wisdom of others."

Looking at these characters, although they appeared slightly immature, they carried a grand and imposing air; beside them was a private seal, reading 'Master of the Jiangshan Studio'.

Speaking of the teacher, Taihe's expression could not help but become complex: "Let's go... let us go see the teacher."

"Come in!"

And the Great Liang gained the country very quickly; as long as one joined early, or relatively early, one could obtain quite a few benefits.

And among the hundred officials, the royalist faction believed this was a blessing for the country and the state; after all, if the Chancellor had returned with monstrous merit back then, perhaps the next step would have been forcing the Emperor to abdicate.

"Cough, cough..."

For example, that Zhang Jushi had actually entered the Cabinet and become a Pavilion Elder.

Taichong replied: "Tang Xun is one thing, but those Si Yunming and Zheng Fang were merely surrendered generals from the fake Song who only rose to prominence after being promoted by the Chancellor. Now they are acting arrogant, especially in the navy where they have planted their own party members and cultivated confidants; now, even His Majesty finds it difficult to intervene... These two, together with Tang Xun, are called the 'Three Elders', and they are the most arrogant and despotic!"

"Sigh... the weather is hot today, and I cannot attend to all that... It is just that I have created a Water Air Conditioner in the academy; once it is installed another day, I will not be afraid of it..."

After beheading the Jin King in the Array, the teacher's health had not been good.

One saw that on the gold-leafed plaque, the three large characters 'Yangxin Temple' were written in a dragon-flying, phoenix-dancing style.

"It is Tang Xun, Si Yunming, and Zheng Fang!"

Taichong felt a chill in his heart and offered salutations with his Junior Brother and Junior Sister: "Teacher, may you have ten thousand blessings; we shall take our leave..."

"Thunder Method..."

Taichong and Taihe offered a salutation, walked in front, passed through the hall, and arrived outside a side room.

As an Army Lord, it was too simple to install one's own people.

Daoist Taihe's gaze was deep: "The Divine Fire Musket and Divine Fire Cannon recently invented by your Supreme Dao Academy... His Majesty saw them and his dragon heart was greatly pleased... Our Great Liang suppresses the three religions, and we cannot do without the help of such sharp weapons... Last time we suppressed the Wutong Master who refused to submit to the law, only a team of the Divine Fire Army was sent, and under the volley fire, they were beaten into a honeycomb!"

It could be said that they had become a climate!

Xiao Zi stood to the side, her expression unchanged, listening quietly.

Aaron laughed heartily, did not express any opinion on this, but instead waved his hand, letting the three disciples exit: "Alright... you have seen me today, and this old bone of your teacher is not dead yet; you should go now, right?"

Aaron's complexion was somewhat pale, though his appearance was still young, just as before.

Taichong and the others hurriedly offered salutations outside the door.

"Greetings, Teacher!"

Taichong exchanged greetings, Taihe drove the carriage himself, left Jinshi City, and arrived at Ziqing Mountain.

"Cough, cough... Tang Xun was not young back then, and now he is already fifty? The outside world probably calls him Tang Pavilion Elder? Haha..."

"Cough, cough!"

He tidied his clothes, walked out of the Daoist temple with Taihe, and boarded a carriage.

It must be said that the power of status and righteousness is truly inconceivable.

When he left Yangxin Temple, he looked back at the desolate Daoist temple once and sighed suddenly.

During the previous battle in the north, the Six Jia Divine Soldiers suffered heavy losses.

Regarding this kind of personnel change, Aaron was also very clear.

In recent years, the generals who came from the Six Jia Divine Soldiers lineage had also mostly withered away.

Inside the carriage, there was strikingly a beautiful Female Daoist waiting; time could not leave many traces on her, and she still looked like a young girl, only a pair of expressive eyes carried a mature charm that a young girl would not have; she was none other than the Female Daoist Taiyin!

"Junior Sister!"

Taichong offered a salutation first: "Recently, a major event has indeed occurred in the Imperial Court. Zhang Lay Practitioner successfully entered the Cabinet, and Lu Xiaoyi not only failed to impact the Cabinet but also suffered a complete defeat in the literary world. However, as everyone knows, Lu Xiaoyi has always been close to the teacher and counts as our Junior Brother. The Imperial Court acting this way is truly chilling..."

Although they all looked like accidents, when gathered together, there was vaguely an ominous flavor.

"Reporting to Teacher!"

But Taiyin knew that this woman was the current Grand Princess, the biological aunt of His Majesty the Emperor, who later gave up her life to enter Taoism, with the Daoist name 'Nongmei'!

"So it is you all."

Even if Xiao Liang is a puppet, he has been a puppet for nearly twenty years; he is no longer the person he once was!

He walked straight into a room and saw a short, fat middle-aged man who, in appearance, vaguely held the Shadow of the Taihe of the past, and he couldn't help but laugh: "Junior Brother, you've gotten fat again! But why do you pay no attention to your official dignity?"

Xiao Zi's expression was indifferent as he opened the gate of the Daoist temple: "Come in!"

Before even getting close, a fit of coughing could be heard coming from inside.

Daoist Taihe's green official robe was wide open, revealing most of his chest, with no sense of decorum: "For someone like me who spends every day with the Thunder Method, I need this too much..."

Taihe said: "Teacher... and Zhan Da, who always followed you and was the most loyal, died inexplicably while on the expedition to conquer the Southwestern Barbarians..."

Aaron waved his hand in Weakness and began to cough again: "Zhan Da is dead too? Sigh... half of my old acquaintances have withered away... Who is in charge of the army now?"

In a corner of Ziqing Mountain, there was a small Daoist temple that did not accept incense from the public; it only had a grove of plum blossoms planted outside, appearing very secluded.

Although Teacher had astonishing divine abilities back then and helped the Emperor gain the world, he also seemed to have suffered Heavenly Punishment; it is truly hard to say how much Daoism he has left... Otherwise, how would some petty scoundrels dare to come and test him?

Borrowed a computer, sorry...

(End of this chapter)